Students in Anderson have organized a local rally as part of the March for Our Lives movement.

The local event won't be a march.

Students will be speaking and there will be a table for voter registration, which begins around noon Saturday at 100 Main St., the downtown courthouse square.

Students from T.L. Hanna, Westside and Powdersville high schools and others have been organizing the response, said Polly Medford, a parent who helped register the students because an adult was required.

The students have done the work, Medford said.

At least 840 events are planned for Saturday, mostly in the United States but with several international marches as well. A large march is planned for Washington, D.C., as well as others in South Carolina, including in Greenville.

A permit has been granted for up to 100 people at the rally in Anderson.

"This is a peaceful, non-partisan event hosted by students to support and encourage efforts to improve school safety across South Carolina and across the country," according to the local organizers' statement.

Law enforcement will be there, which is typical for marches involving causes, said Capt. Michael Aikens of the Anderson Police Department.